bell1962

bell1962

family practice and school nursing

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  1. Amazing Sim Lab

    We had mannequins and oranges back in the dark
  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Love this thread. Keep it going for
  3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    You are right it is Rolling Hills. Can't wait to go
  4. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    There is an old "poorhouse" a couple hours away from me that is "haunted". In the late 1800's and early 1900's poor people, widows, children, criminals, and those labeled "insane" all were housed...
  5. I agree with Flare... I'm not always noticed and I'm last to find things out.. but if they need me and I'm not
  6. New School Nurse: Forgot a medication yesterday

    I make a new list each day and check them off as i give
  7. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    Chriss Cross, CAndy Kane, Holly Wood, and Atom pronounced Adam ( family works at power
  8. It's getting very quiet in here!

    I do a 6 week summer school program.. no long breaks for
  9. Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    Been an RN since 1983. The only drug test I ever had was for a part time job I picked up for extra Christmas money at
  10. Best complaint you've heard?

    an older student came into the FP office i was working in and said he breathed in a pencil.he was sucking on the end of a pencil stub, took a deep breath, and down it went! saw it on xray.. he did!...
  11. CDC: 1 in 5 in US visit ED each year

    It may mean symptoms of a medical emergency that turn out not to be an emergency severe abdominal pain...not appendix, but constipation Chest pain...not cardiac, but GERD etc. the symptoms could be...
  12. Acceptance letter into the nursing program

    Good for you!
  13. School nurse interview questions and answers

    How do you see you role in this school? Are you good with technology? What would you do if it was suspected that the student was "under the influence" What if a student came to you and thought she may...
  14. Patients afraid of needles...

    or the young ladies with the pierced eyebrow, lip, ears, tongue,naval, etc. whining about a shot or blood draw..no sympathy
  15. Oh please, just let me vent!!!

    As long as you called EMS and explained to the staff person the risks of not cooperating, you did your part. Document
  16. 2 Field Trips..1 Day...1Nurse

    Oh , I forgot to add that with the many different programs we have in our bulidings, sometimes the nurses don't even know about the field trip until the day before and sometimes even on the morning of...
  17. 2 Field Trips..1 Day...1Nurse

    In NYS schools must provide coverage for field trips unless the student is self directed in taking their own meds or the parent or their designee goes along. Things can get complicated in my setting...
  18. Oh please, just let me vent!!!

    Not all of us are so lucky. My school pay is so low I have to work a 6 week summer school program to make ends
  19. When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    My "head nurse" in 1983. Never
  20. Question about resignation

    If you really love the job see if there is any way to stay. Maybe hire someone to take care of your child at home? I just mean that school nurse jobs are hard to come by and i would hate for you to...
  21. What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    thank you. that's what I thought but I wasn't
  22. What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    thank you that's what i thought but wasn't
  23. What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    Really stupid question...what does NOC nurse stand for? My most memorable day was the 1st day of a summer school program with 225 special needs kids. We only had emergency contact information for...
  24. 31 more school days

    34 for me too! then a short break , then I work a 6 wk. summer school
  25. "not himself"

    I work in a school where all the students have special needs. We have many teaching assistants that work with the kids. I hate it when a few of them bring a student to be seen with only a complaint...